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Holly, having no nearby grounded foes, opts to provide more blessings for her friends.
The witch screeches in pain as the crossed lightning bolts run through her body. Looking back and forth over the battlefield, she attempts to neutralize the biggest threat and retreat towards the heart of the blight.
Round 4/5:
Laara (-61, -1 Con)
Fandral (-4 Con)
Heart of the Blight (-17, Defense)
Yami
Bralani Azata
Chak (-16, Grappled, -1 Con)
Holly (-34)
Witch Doctor (-87)
Exi (-1 Con)
Starlight (-1 Con)
Dino (-5, Save vs Naptime)
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Starlight attempts to activate the scroll of Bone Fists on the dino.
The bones of the creature’s joints grow thick and sharp, protruding painfully through the skin at the knuckles, elbows, shoulders, spine, knees, and the bony club on its tail grows sharper.
She then merges with Exi.
The flying Ankylosaurus charges the heart of the blight, swiftly smiting its foe!
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Yami turns to the Azata and holds his arms up like a child wanting to be carried. "Well? Pick me up and get me a better view! the wayang says gruffly to the celestial. The Azata looks like she was just asked to carry a sack of fiendish manure produced by hundreds of lemure devils with indigestion; but nevertheless lifts the wizard into the air over the fallen log. Dangling in the air, the wizard attempts to fire several rays of fire at the remaining target.
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Laara takes a couple potshots, none of which seem to have any effect.
Yami manages to singe it with one of his rays, but the other manages to miss the giant plant... larger than the broad side of a barn. Must have been the Azata's flying...
The dino slams into the heart of the blight, dealing a fairly significant amount of damage... although the woven roots seem to absorb smashes pretty well.
Fandral narrowly slips under the log without taking a dip in the necrotic waters and joins his allies on the other side, taking a potshot at the huge plant with his pistol.
It strikes, but has little effect.
The plant ceases its holding pattern and returns the assault on the humongous dinosaur.
Round 6:
Laara (-61, -1 Con)
Fandral (-4 Con)
Yami
Bralani Azata
Chak (-16, Grappled, -1 Con)
Holly (-34)
Witch Doctor (-87)
Exi (-1 Con)
Starlight (-1 Con)
Dino (-56)
Heart of the Blight (-80)
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"Can't you fly any smoother?" the wizard curses at the azata. The celestial does a flippant hair toss as a swift action then drops Yami like a sack of potatoes.
The wayang face plants on the ground as a free action and also unleashes a few more curses in the azata's direction . He struggles to his feet and throws a shadowy bead of flame at the Heart. The azata, still in the air above him, lets off an air-headed giggle and casts a lightning bolt at the plant as well.
The hasted dinosaur takes two tail slaps at the heart.
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"A job well done one and all. Let us hope that this either significantly lessens the blight or eliminates it in its entirety." Holly will clap those nearby on the shoulder with the exception of Fandral whom she gives a big hug before blushing and turning away in an attempt to hide her face from him.
"Does anyone require assistance with healing their wounds?" Holly will take time to heal herself while waiting to see if anyone takes up her offer of assistance.
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She looks at the wayang. Hey, Yami. No jokes: thanks. Without your angel there I'm pretty sure I'd've been a gonner.
Said wayang grumbles slightly about something incoherent while looking away. The azata leans down and grabs the wizard in a head lock to force him to face Laara while the celestial gives her a big smile. "What I think I heard him say was 'You're welcome!' Right?" she says in Golarion's version of an air-headed 'valley-girl' accent. The azata then vanishes in a puff of smoke as the summoning spell expires, leaving Yami coughing and waving his hands to disperse the vapor. "Bloody azatas," the wizard grumps as he plops down on a stump and pulls out a half-finished puppet to whittle away at.
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Strands of purple energy whip across the battleground and begin to swirl above the remains of the giant flower. The continuous chant of the Twinhorn shamans reaches a fever pitch and then suddenly stops. After a breathless moment of silence, a loud reverberating boom echoes across the swamp as a column of purple energy pierces through the clouds, dissipating into the starry sky. Shouts of celebration begin to sound across the field as Medda makes her way to the heart of the blight. A shaft of moonlight shines on the site through the parted clouds as she rips through the withered roots of the blighted flower. Medda reaches in and draws out the shriveled remains of a female crusader. In stark contrast to the rest of the remains, her silvery breastplate glimmers in the moonlight. A grievous blow has scarred its surface where a golden engraved figure spreads out her wings. Trails of blood seep out from scars running across the figure. Medda lowers the remains gently upon a white cloak that a Twinhorn warrior has placed on the ground.
With a heavenly glow, the ghostly form of Ivvora appears in the clouds above. “She was my sister-in-arms against the vile Tar-Baphon. I now know that her sacrifice spared me all those years ago, as it will all of you in the days to come. Go with Vildeis’ grace and use this blessed plate to vanquish my hated adversary. Hurry back north, for the moment of Eshimka’s reckoning draws near!”
Medda looks up to the sky as the visage of Ivvora dissipates, the red phantom hand of Anok floating above her shoulder. After a moment, she kneels next to the crusader’s remains and carefully wraps them up in the white cloak, which is slowly soaked with red. She looks at the crowd gathered around her and speaks up. “We stand here triumphant, having rid this land of corruption. But this is a mere shade of the darkness that awaits us at the Solstice Scar! Fear not, for Vildeis’ blessing will guide our weapons to strike true and eradicate Eshimka for good!”
Medda motions for the Twinhorn warriors to raise the bundled remains on their shields as one of the honored dead. “Pathfinders, you have done much for my tribe and our lands, but I ask you once more to lend us your weapons so that we might end the evil that haunts Solstice Scar. What say you?”